Spain and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Elliott, J. H.

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“… 17 For a synopsis of the evolution of the encomienda system, see Elliot, ‘Spanish conquest’; idem, ‘Spain and America’; Williamson, Penguin history of Latin America , pp. 109–13. …”

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The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions?

Frankema

2010

The Economic History Review

104

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Land inequality is one of the crucial underpinnings of long-run persistent wealth and asset inequality. This article assesses the colonial roots of land inequality from a comparative perspective. The evolution of land inequality is analysed in a crosscolonial multivariate regression framework complemented by an in-depth comparative case study of three former British colonies: Malaysia, Sierra Leone, and Zambia. The main conclusion is that the literature tends to overemphasize the role of geography and to underestimate the role of pre-colonial institutions in shaping the colonial political economic context in which land is (re)distributed from natives to colonial settlers.

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The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions?

Frankema

2010

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“…At the same time, a 'translation fever' occurred in Europe as language started to be seen as a human creation and a global means of communication (COMAROFF, COMAROFF, 1991). The printing press was present in Spanish America from the sixteenth century, whereas in Brazil -despite earlier attempts to establish one occurred in 1705 and 1745 -printing only officially started in 1808, when the Portuguese royal family relocated to the colony (ABREU, 2010;BRAGANÇA, 2010;CAVALCANTI, 2004;ELLIOTT 1984;MORAES 1979;RUSSELL-WOOD, 2002). Although the importance of the printing press cannot be overrated, the high numbers of Amerindian grammar books published in Spanish America contributed to the greater consolidation of native tongues in their colonies when compared to Brazil (DURSTON, 2007).…”

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The portuguese language in Brazil: multiple peoples, multiple forms

Scarato¹

2019

Revista Diadorim

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This paper looks at the role of African, Amerindian, and Portuguese peoples in shaping and spreading the Portuguese language in Brazil from an interdisciplinary approach. Drawing from secondary and primary sources – such as Antônio da Costa Peixoto’s New Book of the Mina General Language (1741) and Friar Cannecattim’s Dictionary of the Bunda or Angolan Language (1804) – it explores the interplay between language, power, and identity to historicise the process by which Portuguese became the primary language in Brazil, despite its multilingual landscape. In doing so, it challenges the idea that the spread of Portuguese and language shift was always a conscious product of the Portuguese Crown and a result of open violent imposition. On the contrary, the spread and consolidation of Portuguese deeply depended on the missionaries, the population, and symbolic colonial practices. Additionally, the fact that Portuguese prevailed as the main language spoken in Brazil has not precluded it from being profoundly intertwined with Amerindian and African languages. Such languages formed a multilingual society, being largely responsible for the differentiation between European and Brazilian Portuguese.

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“…cit., p. 179-184. ainda muito de sua influência. 66 Ainda assim, é importante levar em consideração a especificidade peruana nesse processo, qual seja, a herança de uma trajetória de conquista particularmente traumática, marcada por agudas disputas entre facções de conquistadores. 67 Ao mesmo tempo, as dificuldades opostas da parte dos índios à presença europeia na região prosseguiram até o final do século.…”

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A dupla marginalidade de José de Acosta: religião e soberania no Vice-Reino do Peru (séc. XVI)

Jousselandière

2011

Rev. hist.

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ResumoCom este artigo procura-se refletir sobre o estatuto conferido à alteridade extra-europeia na obra do jesuíta castelhano José de Acosta. Por um lado, tal análise permite destacar alguns usos da "religião" como instrumento de compreensão das populações "bárbaras"; por outro lado, trata-se de apontar para o nexo existente entre o projeto evangelizador e a instituição de uma soberania castelhana sobre o Vice-Reino do Peru, na segunda metade do século XVI.

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Spain and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Cited by 6 publications

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The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions?

The colonial roots of land inequality: geography, factor endowments, or institutions?

The portuguese language in Brazil: multiple peoples, multiple forms

A dupla marginalidade de José de Acosta: religião e soberania no Vice-Reino do Peru (séc. XVI)

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